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Super to drive employment in 2017

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... SUPER Recruiters identified the sector as being relatively safe for investment as it aligns with Trump's infrastructure investment plans. According to SUPER Recruiters, listed infrastructure provides the ability to capture the forecast growth in US infrastructure ...

Global infrastructure goes for growth in 2017

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
'User pay' assets will be an attractive opportunity for investors in 2017, as global economies experience a period of synchronised growth. At a Bennelong media briefing yesterday, 4D Infrastructure's chief investment officer Sarah Shaw gave a positive ...

Asia driving infrastructure deal activity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
... the region. Preqin head of real assets products Tom Carr noted the US may be next in line for a surge infrastructure investment. "Infrastructure projects remain central to the development of countries across the world, and as a result the asset class ...

Trump to boost Aussie commodities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... effect. The report stated: "A rising tide lifts all boats, so the saying goes - and Mr. Trump's massive US infrastructure investment plan is likely to buoy a range of commodity-related businesses worldwide. Energy stocks tend to perform well during periods ...

CFSGAM names new director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has appointed a new director, infrastructure investments. Daniel Timms joins CFSGAM from Origin Energy, where he has held a number of executive roles across strategy, business development and major projects ...

Instos consider Aussie infrastructure plans

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... and contestability, Leilani Frew, told the conference that, from a state government perspective, the infrastructure investment conversation should include industry, super and respective governments. "Not just in how we trade a particular infrastructure ...

Do super funds hold AAA rating key?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
A group of Australia's leading economic minds believe building and increasing infrastructure investment would assist an otherwise weakening economy at threat of losing its AAA credit rating. Economist Ross Garnaut told The Superannuation Opportunity ...

Infrastructure investment at risk from default super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
Industry Super Australia deputy chair John Brumby says changing the default superannuation system would pose threats to super fund inflows and lessen the opportunity to invest in nation building infrastructure. Speaking at The Superannuation Opportunity ...

Australian infrastructure supply must lift: report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... the latest insights provided by Infrastructure Partnerships Australia and Perpetual. The pair's 2016 Infrastructure Investment Report serves as a reminder that Australia is competing against the world for investment in infrastructure and investors will ...

Equities specialist to CFSGAM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has appointed a new investment director. Richard Cahill joined the firm's investment specialist team in October and is a former principal and researcher of equity fund managers at Mercer Investment Consulting. ...